“Because I’ve been pretending too,” Leo whispered. “For three days now. The math anchor wore off after the first week, but I didn’t tell Mom and Dad. I wanted to see if they’d notice I was back to normal. They didn’t. They just liked the quiet.”
“No.”
Mia stared at him. Her little brother, the one she was supposed to resent, had been faking hypnosis to protect himself. And she had been too brainwashed to see it. hypnosisfamilyplans
At 2:00 AM, she woke up with a start. The locked door in her mind swung open. The anger came rushing back—hot, messy, wonderful. She laughed into her pillow. “Because I’ve been pretending too,” Leo whispered